On Jewish leadership

(2:17 min)

On the need for a “new Jewish spirituality”

(4:18 min)

On how Jewish values connect Steinhardt to Judaism

(1:37 min)

On Steinhardt’s view of the four most important Jewish values

(3:33 min)

Embracing Abundance, Grinspoon Institute for Jewish Philanthropy Conference, Nov. 23, 2008

Steinhardt discusses the importance of encouraging the next generation to give back to the Jewish community and poses the question of why we should be Jewish in the twenty-first century, urging us to find ways through education and philanthropy to revitalize the spiritual core of the Jewish people.

Address presented at the General Assembly of the United Jewish Communities, Jerusalem, Nov. 19, 2003

Steinhardt addresses what he calls the “cream of the Jewish leadership crop” and discusses ways to engage the unaffiliated. He emphasizes the importance of education, giving to Jewish causes, and reaching out to Jews of all denominations.

No Bull: My Life in and Out of Markets

(John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2001)

The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life

Steinhardt is chairman and founder of The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life, formerly Jewish Life Network/Steinhardt Foundation. Founded in 1994, its goal is to strengthen and transform American Jewish life so that it may flourish in a fully integrated, free society. Through the foundation, Steinhardt has been instrumental in founding and supporting a number of innovative projects relating to Jewish culture, education, philanthropy, and Hebrew and Jewish literacy. The following are some of his best-known initiatives. For a more complete listing click here.

Taglit-Birthright Israel

Steinhardt is a founder of this organization, created in 2000, which funds first time, peer group educational trips to Israel for Jewish young adults ages eighteen to twenty-six. The goal is to diminish the growing division between Israel and Jewish communities around the world; to foster solidarity among world Jewry; and to strengthen participants' personal Jewish identity and connection to the Jewish people. As of 2011, more than 260,000 people have gone on Taglit-Birthright trips.

The Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education (PEJE)

Steinhardt is a founder of PEJE. Established in 1997, PEJE is a national organization of visionary Jewish philanthropists seeking to establish a vibrant and sustainable Jewish future through strengthening the Jewish day school movement in North America.

Jewish Early Childhood Education Initiative (JECEI)

Steinhardt co-founded JECEI in 2005. Early childhood education represents a unique opportunity to engage young children and their parents in a rich and meaningful Jewish communal life.

The Steinhardt Social Research Institute (SSRI), Brandeis University

In 2005 Steinhardt established SSRI at Brandeis University. The goal of SSRI is to collect, analyze, and disseminate unbiased data that can be used in myriad ways, most notably to help the Jewish community better plan for its future and to bolster the understanding of religion and ethnicity in the United States.

NYU Steinhardt: Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development

Originally founded in 1890 as the School of Pedagogy, NYU Steinhardt was the first professional school devoted to teacher education to be established at an American university. In 2007 it was renamed NYU Steinhardt; his association with the school reflects Steinhardt’s belief in the centrality of education in American life.

WisdomTree Investments

Since 2006 Steinhardt has been chairman of WisdomTree Investments, an investment company specializing in exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

Featured on Charlie Rose, the nightly PBS program. Rose engages Steinhardt in a wide-ranging discussion that looks back on his life in the stock market and discusses his engagement with and hopes for the Jewish world

(Dec. 21, 2001, 21:45 min)

Audio CD of a conversation with Jack D. Schwager, one of a series of interviews with top traders. Market Wizards: Michael Steinhardt, The Concept of Variant Perception

(Marketplace Books, 2006)

Steinhardt and his wife, Judy, are avid art collectors. Their collection is featured in the book The Collector's Room: Selections from the Michael and Judy Steinhardt Collection by Cissy Grossman

(Hebrew Union College-Jewish Inst, 1993)